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Asad Umar, Fawad, Cheema arrested

PTI’s senior leader Asad Umar was rounded up on Wednesday from the premises of the Islamabad High Court

By News Desk
May 11, 2023
PTI Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry, PTI Secretary General Asad Umar and Omar Sarfraz Cheema.—AFP/file
PTI Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry, PTI Secretary General Asad Umar and Omar Sarfraz Cheema.—AFP/file 

ISLAMABAD: The top tier of PTI leadership, including PTI’s Secretary General Asad Umar, ex-governor Omer Sarfraz Cheema and ex-information minister Fawad Chaudhry, was arrested on Wednesday.

PTI’s senior leader Asad Umar was rounded up on Wednesday from the premises of the Islamabad High Court.

According to reports, nearly 1,000 PTI workers, including Omer Sarfraz Cheema and Fawad Chaudhry have been arrested.

Fawad was arrested under 16 MPO after he came out of the Supreme Court premises, where he remained holed up for almost the whole day to evade arrest.